The Chicago rock band Wilco release their eighth studio album – The
Whole Love – through their newly launched dBpm Records. It follows
the band’s 2009 Grammy-nominated Wilco (The Album) and was
recorded at the band’s Chicago recording studio The Loft. The Whole
Love features 12 new original tunes and is produced by Jeff Tweedy
with Patrick Sansone and Tom Schick.
The Whole Love is a veritable sonic stew, showcasing Wilco’s far-
reaching musical prowess (multiple guitars, keyboards, synthesizers
and percussion plus Mellotron, strings, loops and more) perfectly
accompanying Jeff Tweedy’s provocative and insightful lyrics. The
Whole Love opens with the seven-minute “Art of Almost” and
concludes with the twelve-minute “One Sunday Morning (Song For
Jane Smiley’s Boyfriend).” In between: 10 adventurous tunes (each
clocking in at four minutes or less) including the current single, “I
Might” which was released at the band’s Solid Sound Festival.
Wilco are Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Glenn Kotche, Nels Cline, Patrick
Sansone and Mikael Jorgensen.